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GENUS IV. LYSIMACHIA. 

 Pentandria l^onogynia. Sex: Sysi; 



l^riv. From Lysis, dissolution, sxiAMacJie, strife. 



Gen. Char. Herbs, usually perennial : leaves alternate, op- 

 posite or yeYtigelled, e'fltfte : flowers axillary, raeemose, Spicate or 

 panicled : calyx 5-parted : corolla 5 -parted, subrotate or campanu- 

 Tate, Ipjager tiian toe esjlyx : stamens 5, inserted- ipto tlje base ^f 

 tibe corolla : filaments sometimes united at Ihe base, sometimes as 

 ijiaJny- fetefil^ filaniien<>^ aS fetilS oties : awtfiers oblong : capsule ■ 

 globo^i 5-lO«Yahed, dehisoiug at tbe apex, many-seeded. 



(1) L. JiESCH]felirAUL!ttI. (Dgc.) 



Idenf. DiSc. pid^ VlIL p, 61. 



EtiffTitp. IVighl's ICoS. t. 1204.*^SpiCi1. JI. t. U^. 



Spec'. Obar. E^eet, b-Jan'fibed } leaved op^oslt'e or tfernate, lan- 

 ceolate, entire, acuminate^ glabrous : fiow^ers racenldse, crowded : 

 b^cteoles linear-subulate, acuminated, much shorter than the pe- 

 dicels : qalyx mucli shorter than the canip'anulate corolla ; divistoiis 

 l^ear-lan6eo%te, aciimiMate : lobes of the cbtolla obovate, obtuse, 

 entire : stamens equal, exsertsd: style filiform. 



Neilgherries. , In low marshy soils^ flowering nearly all the year, 

 The flowers on first opening are reddish white, streaked with darkei? ' 

 ^nes, and afterwards acquire a iither d*ep lilab tiiige, ■ ' 



(2) tl, DEITOIDEA. (R. W.) 



Menu Wight's lil. vol. II. p. 137. 



Engrav. Wight I. c. t. 144. 



Spec Char. Procumbent : extremities of the branches ascending, 

 ^fensdy pubescent : hail's jdititddi le'sives subsessile, opposite aft 

 whorled, ovate, obtuse, sparingly spritikled on both sides with jointed . 

 pubescence : peduncles axillary, solitary, about the length of, or 

 exceeding the leaves : calyx-lobes Janccolate, perforated with nu- 

 merous translucent orairge-colour^d glands : corolla rotate : fila- 

 ments short,j monadelphous Jit thp, b?fse : anthers subtriangular s 

 seed hispid : flowers yellow. ' ' 



Neilgberries. Pulney mountains. 



(3) L. raMosA. (VFaU.) 



lOeret. Wall. Gat. Nd, 149a-^Dec. prod. VIIT. p. 65. 



Spec. &har. Stem elongated, tetragonal, furrowed,^ tliranched : 

 leaves altefnale, laAceplate, entire, acuminated, shor^petioled, lai : 

 peduncles axillary, recurve^,- nearly equalliiig the ledves : segttf^ts! 

 §i the calyx ovate- rotiind, quite entire, abruptly acuminated; lobea, 



